ANOTHER DAY

After discovering Arcane, I wanted to create my own take on Jinx. The character starts from an existing base mesh - sculpting isn't my comfort zone yet - so I focused on everything else. I learned rigging in Maya: skeleton setup, skinning and weight painting for clean deformations, all the way to getting the character moving.

Started in summer 2025, the project was picked back up in mid-2026 for my school demoreel. Along the way it became a full learning ground: grooming in Houdini, cloth simulation, first particle FX, and final compositing in Nuke to fit the shots at the end of my reel.

The outfit is a fashion nod: a recreation of Chanel's famous chain dress, modeled and simulated from scratch, and Valentino Tango platforms rebuilt down to the logo engraved on the sole.